“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago,” a Chinese proverb says. “The second-best time is now.”

Rachel Balick

Pharmacy technicians like Sara Dreyer have taken on more responsibility since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and now that vaccines are available in communities across the United States, the role of the pharmacy technician is even more pronounced.

Loren Bonner

Alis Volat Propriis—“She flies with her own wings”—is Oregon’s state motto. The government first adopted the slogan in 1854 as a hat tip to the independent spirit of the pioneers who formed Oregon’s first government.

Sonya Collins

A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the care of American Indian and Alaska Native children and adolescents highlights the inequitable disease burden observed in this patient population.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a tertiary teaching hospital in Toronto, Canada, might have a thing or two to share about preventing mental health distress and burnout. Members of the hospital’s psychosocial
oncology division developed and implemented CREATE—Compassion, REsilience And TEam-building—to help support the mental health of health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Pharmacists’ vital role as vaccinators and health educators has even greater significance this year as the nation continues the massive effort to vaccinate the population against COVID-19.

More and more cases of “long COVID” are surfacing—but what does it mean, and how can clinicians respond?

Loren Bonner

Why were SARS-CoV-2 variants expected? “Ultimately, all viruses mutate all the time,” said Scott Roberts, MD, from Yale New Haven Health.

Loren Bonner

Since melatonin is naturally produced in the body and adults commonly use melatonin to fall asleep, what’s the harm in giving children melatonin to sleep?

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

The data on cannabis and its components for treatment of neurological disorders are plentiful, according to Michele Faulkner, PharmD, FASHP. “Cannabis and neurological disorders is a huge topic,” said Faulkner during an APhA2021 Virtual session on cannabis products to treat neurological disorders.

Loren Bonner

Warts, a common skin disorder caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), are considered a benign condition that often resolves without treatment. Warts may affect skin and mucous membranes anywhere on the body. Common warts are typically found on the hands, while plantar warts are usually on the feet.

Daniel L. Krinsky, RPh, MS

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), a small perennial shrub with yellow flowers, is a key component of Ayurveda, the traditional practice of medicine developed more than 3,000 years ago in India.

Mickie Cathers

Updates from FDA

FDA has approved Azstarys (KemPharm), the first ADHD medication to combine two medications, 70% serdexmethylphenidate (SDX) and 30% immediate-release dexmethylphenidate (d-MPH), in a oncedaily capsule for treatment of ADHD in patients ages 6 years and older.

Cara Aldridge Young

APhA, its pharmacy partners, and community pharmacies have long argued that PBMs working with Medicare Part D plan sponsors’ use of retroactive direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees cheats beneficiaries, forces pharmacies to close their doors, and endangers access to pharmacist-provided care.

Rachel Balick

Federal and state laws create a mechanism for employees to sue their employers for failing to provide protection from sexual harassment.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

It may surprise some pharmacists that the practice of using vancomycin loading doses is not currently supported by robust clinical evidence.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

As opioid misuse has risen across the United States, so has opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which has unique clinical features and management implications, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

In the early months of 2021, when COVID-19 vaccines were finally available in the United States, creative community outreach programs such as mobile health units were gaining a foothold in underserved communities where COVID-19 vaccination access was low.

Loren Bonner

In the United States, 77% of all UTIs and 47% of all communityacquired pneumonias (CAP) are treated inappropriately in the hospital setting, according to an expert panel convened by the Pew Charitable Trust in 2018 to evaluate antibiotic use in hospitals.

Joey Sweeney, PharmD, BCPS

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